Giacometti : critical essays / edited by Peter Read and Julia Kelly.
| Other author | Read, Peter (Peter F.) |
| Other author | Kelly, Julia, 1970- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2009. |
| Description | xiv, 240 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Series | Subject/object--new studies in sculpture Subject/object--new studies in sculpture. ^A583239 |
| Contents | Acknowledgements -- List of figures -- List of contributors -- Introduction / by Peter Read -- 1. From "Vue d'atelier" to "Vie d'atelier" : 46 rue Hippolyte-Maindron and the beginnings of Giacometti / Jon Wood -- 2. Giacometti's objects : poetry, childhood,and the neurotic theatre of projection / Michael Stone-Richards -- 3. Giacometti's break with surrealism : abstraction, Hegelianism, and the communicating vase / Robin Spencer -- 4. Giacometti and the Kauffmann tomb / Casimiro Di Crescenzo -- 5. Giacometti's Geneva period (1941-1945) : the birth of new sculpture / Thierry Dufrêne -- 6. Giacometti and the basis of sculpture / Alex Potts -- 7. Alberto Giacometti, Michel Leiris, and the myths of existentialism / Julia Kelly -- 8. From spectre to sceptre : Giacometti's sculpture in the writing of Francis Ponge / Peter Read -- 9. "An unknown country" : Isaku Yanaihara's Giacometti diaries / Akihiko Takeda -- 10. Giacometti in Fez / Sarah Wilson -- Select bibliography. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2008041394 |
| ISBN | 9780754654469 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 075465446X (hardcover : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | NB553.G4 G52 2009 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |